The above post is fun, but not that interesting. But it got me to thinking.....if you took a modern rPi and a display like this, you could have the makings of a great touch interface for Indigo for about US$80.

I came here to drink milk and kick ass....and I've just finished my milk.

Was this just a "do it for fun to say I did it" project or working/testing towards something? I keep wanting to get back and play with the spare Pi that I have (one spare not used, one running RetroPie, so not a ton of experience). They aren't bad in cost but, apparently, you actually need time to be able to play with them. Stupid obligations.

Was this just a "do it for fun to say I did it" project or working/testing towards something? I keep wanting to get back and play with the spare Pi that I have (one spare not used, one running RetroPie, so not a ton of experience). They aren't bad in cost but, apparently, you actually need time to be able to play with them. Stupid obligations.

That little screen, if there was a good case for it, or wall mount could be great. Could just use indigo web pages but would be cool to have native custom icons.

The above post is fun, but not that interesting. But it got me to thinking.....if you took a modern rPi and a display like this, you could have the makings of a great touch interface for Indigo for about US$80.

This comment and the topic in the link below prompted me to share a little project I've been (very) slowly working on.

Was this just a "do it for fun to say I did it" project or working/testing towards something? I keep wanting to get back and play with the spare Pi that I have (one spare not used, one running RetroPie, so not a ton of experience). They aren't bad in cost but, apparently, you actually need time to be able to play with them. Stupid obligations.

A little of both. This is a model B that I've had sitting on a shelf for a long time, so there was a "because it's there" factor for sure. Do I need my own NTP server? Of course not. There's also apparently a facility to run an NTP server on top of my Unifi router. I suspect that most of my equipment doesn't even allow me to enter a custom NTP server, so there was no need. But I do have thoughts about adding some rPi's to do other things. For example, I currently have an AEBS running solely for the purpose of serving a USB Drobo over Ethernet. The latest Pi has Gigabit Ethernet and could easy serve that purpose with more control, and a smaller energy (and physical) footprint. The combination of a Pi, the screen I referenced and a PoE hat would make for a pretty trick custom control panel (I haven't played with one of the referenced screens personally, so I don't know what they look like IRL.) But it was mostly for fun.

I also have an Arduino sitting on the workbench....

I came here to drink milk and kick ass....and I've just finished my milk.

I saw that initial post, but didn't see the custom touch screen posts. This is exactly what I'm talking about.

I'm starting to get itchy.

I am definitely itchy. Voice recognition only goes so far, but I hope to have a Fire 7 (or whatever) in each room running room-sensitive control pages. Of course, an open RasPi environment would be awesome too.